Q: Linux compositors / tiling WMs:
- I have 2x27" monitors, and have used GNOME for many years
- I am a big user of workspaces: One activity per workspace, *ACROSS BOTH MONITORS*
- I want to seriously give a (wayland?) WM a go, and have tried hyprland and niri
- I cannot seem to capture my mental model / workflow with these WMs. I love the tiling (clean, space efficient + KB driven), but the workspaces are *PER MONITOR*
What am I missing?
Good to know, I may try that as well.
It is "Back to Xorg" though. This sort of feature benefits from the absolute coordinate system that X gives you, that's why it was more common in the X era WMs.
I am not obsessed with Wayland, and think the advantages are far less clear now that it is having to actually support a real and broad set of use cases. However, it it where the momentum is, which is important.
@oschonrock Awesome in particular has the problem that its config is scripted and you need to write your own configs. It's not as accessible as sway or hyprland; qtile is a better comparison.
Actually, qtile would probably be able to handle what you need, but again you'll be writing your own config.
Oliver Schönrock
Frank Davies